Nebraska Baseball Completes Largest Comeback in 15 Years, Tops Purdue

Everything went the way of the home side early. After a 1-2-3 first inning, Purdue put their first five batters of the second inning on base, scoring two runs in the process. A sacrifice fly and a single drove in three more runs.

In the third inning, a leadoff home run extended the lead. The Boilermakers woudl tack on two more to lead 8-0 just a third of the way through the contest.

Then Nebraska broke through.

Dylan Carey launched a home run to left center to get the Big Red on the board. Robby Bolin drove in a run on a single, and then back-to-back doubles from Cayden Brumbaugh and Gabe Swansen scored four more runs to shirnk the deficit to 8-6.

In the fifth inning, Bolin brought in another run on a sacrifice bunt before Riley Silva doubled to tie the game.

After a pair of scoreless innings for both teams, the Huskers put together the pieces again in the eighth. Joshua Overbeek led off with a double before Swansen got on after being hit by the pitch. Dylan Carey singled to score two runs before being driven in himself by a Devin Nunez double.

After Tucker Timmerman was roughed up over 2.0 innings of work, Caleb Clark, Pryce Bender, Grant Cleavinger, Drew Christo, and Luke Broderick combined to allow just one unearned run on five hits over the final 7.0 innings.

Nebraska and Purdue continue the series Friday at 3 p.m. CDT. The game will be streamed on B1G+.

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